'This investment will help fix damage caused by the winter flooding, repair roads and bridges and fund numerous road improvement schemes.'
GRANT Shapps announced today a £2billion spending boost to revamp Britain's roads and railways.
The package includes £1.7 billion for local roads to make them smoother and safer - particularly as more Brits get on their bikes and in their cars toGovernment guidance has told people to avoid public transport as much as they possibly can and Mr Shapps said it was Brits' "civic duty" to find other ways to travel.
The Transport Secretary said Britain needed to harness the spirit of hard work and innovation seen during lockdown for its future infrastructure projects. Over the last two months, there has been more than £700million of upgrades across the nation, Mr Shapps said.
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